United missed Rooney at Liverpool - Moyes

02 September 2013 08:46

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Manchester United manager David Moyes admitted Wayne Rooney would have made a difference to his side's performance after they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool.

The Merseyside outfit maintained their 100 per cent start to the campaign thanks to another match-winning goal from Daniel Sturridge as United failed to score in successive Premier League games for the first time since 2007.

And Moyes accepted Rooney's absence with a cut head - a problem that is likely to keep him out for three weeks - was a contributing factor.

"Wayne would have made a difference today," said Moyes.

"We maybe lacked something different at times.

"But we didn't have him because of the injury."

Rooney suffered a severe cut to the head following an accidental collision with Phil Jones in training on Saturday.

Without the England forward - who will now miss his country's crucial World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine - United failed to exert any significant pressure on Liverpool.

Robin van Persie cut a particularly frustrated figure as Moyes' inability to win at Anfield stretched to 13 games, 12 of which are a legacy of his time at Everton.